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Section 5
Installing the IED
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The distance between earth points should be < 1200 m (3000 ft), see figure
37. Only the outer shielding is connected to the protective earth at the IED. The
inner and outer shieldings are connected to the protective earth at the external
equipment. Use insulating tape for the inner shield to prevent contact with the
protective earth. Make sure that the terminals are properly earthed with as short
connections as possible from the earth screw, for example to an earthed frame.
The IED and the external equipment should preferably be connected to the same
battery.
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Figure 36: Communication cable installation, 2-wire
Where:
1 The inner shields shall be connected together (with an isolated terminal block) and only
have one earthing point in the whole system, preferably at the external equipment (PC).
The outer shield shall be connected to Protective Earth (PE) in every cable end that is, to PE
at all IED terminals and to PE at External equipment (PC). The first IED will have only one
cable end but all others of course two.
2 Connect according to installation instructions for the actual equipment, observe the 120
ohms termination.
3 The protective earth should be close to the external equipment (< 2m)
Cc Communication cable
PE Protective earth screw
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